Table of Contents

"The selections in this book . . . will challenge your ideas about what is meant by environment, nature, and wilderness, as well as extend your understanding of what constitutes scientific knowledge. Environmental issues are ultimately human issues, and the choices we make will have profound consequences for the life of someone, somewhere, at some time."—from the Introduction to Keeping Things Whole

Keeping Things Whole: Readings ian Environmental Science introduces students to some of the seminal writers in environmental science and helps them discover the intellectual excitement of thinkers whose work underlies textbook concepts.

Rules for the Direction of the Mind* René Descartes

Katahdin* Henry David Thoreau

Death of a Pine Henry David Thoreau

Man and Nature* George Perkins Marsh

The Biosphere* Vladimir I. Vernadsky

The Climax Concept Frederic E. Clements

The Ecosystem A.G. Tansley

The Land Ethic Aldo Leopold

Odyssey Aldo Leopold

The Economics of the Coming Spaceship Earth* Kenneth E. Boulding

The Tragedy of the Commons Garrett Hardin

The Closing Circle* Barry Commoner

The World's Biggest Membrane Lewis Thomas

Intricacy* Annie Dillard

The Recognition of Gaia* James Lovelock

The End of Nature* Bill McKibben

The Words Nature, Wild, and Winderness Gary Snyder

Water Songs Terry Tempest Williams

The Politics of Wilderness and the Practice of the Wild R. Edward Grumbine

Cutover Jan Zita Grover

Dimensions of Deformity Gordon L. Miller

* Indicates a selection taken from a longer work.

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